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A R Y A S M

ARYBALLUS, ancient Greek vase, xix.

614. ARZAMAS, town, Russia, n. 632; xvn.

501. ARZANENE, ancient district, Asia, xiv.

159. ARZEN-REDHWAN, affluent of the

Tigris, xxiii. 387. As, ancient Roman coin and weight, 1 1.

675; xvn. 652. ASADI, Ali b. Ahmad al, Persian writer,

xvin. 656.

ASAFI, town, Morocco, xxi. 145. ASAFCETIDA, gum resin, II. 675; I. 232,

742. ASAMA-YAMA, volcano, Japan, xm.

571- ASAMON^EUS, or Asmoneus, ancestor of

the Maccabees, n. 714; xv. 131. ASANGA, Buddhist teacher, XIV. 228. ASASEEF, or Asasif, Egypt, tombs at,

vii. 781. ASBEN, oasis, Central Africa, I. 429;

xvii. 695; mountain, xxi. 149. ASBESTOS, mineral, II. 675; xv. 217;

xvi. 417; as fire-proof paint, xix. 88. ASBJORNSEN, Peter Christen, Norwegian

writer on folk-lore, XVII. 592. ASBURY, Francis, American Methodist,

xvi. 191. PARK, town, New Jersey, U.S.A.,

xvn. 397.

ASBUZI, town, Asia Minor, xv. 320 ASCALON, town of the Philistines, II.

676; xviii. 755. ASCANIAN LINE, rulers of Brandenburg,

xx. 2.

ASCANIUS, son of ^Eneas, I. 182. ASCARIS, genus of nematode worms,

xvii. 325; parasitic forms, xxiv. 205,

206; spermatozoon of, xx. 411. ASCENSION, island, Atlantic Ocean, n.

676; I. 272. , Right, in astronomy, II. 765 ; vi.

182. DAY, church festival, n. 676; IX.

116.

OF MOSES, apocalyptic book, n.

177. ASCENSIUS (Badius), Belgian printer, ill.

228. ASCETICISM, n. 676; xv. 484; Brah-

manist, IV. 205; Buddhist, IV. 435; of

the Essenes, VIII. 550; of Schopenhauer,

XXI. 452; in relation to mysticism,

xvn. 131.

ASCETICS, Early Christian, XVI. 699. ASCETIC WRITERS, of Italy, xm. 505. ASCETTA PRIMORDIALIS, sponge, xxn.

412.

ASCH, town, Bohemia, II. 677. ASCHAFFENBURG, town, Bavaria, II.

677- ASCHAM, Roger, English scholar, II.

677- ASCHE, Rabbi (Rab Ashe), editor of

Talmud, n. 679; xx. 190; xxm. 37.

ASCHERSLEBEN, town, Prussia, II. 679;

xxi. 360. ASCHMEDAI (Asmodeus,5.v.),evil demon,

in Jewish legend, II. 714. ASCIDIA, genus of Tunicata, early stages

of, xxm. 613; xxiv. 170; develop ment of, xxm. 610, 613. ASCIDIACEA, order of Tunicata, xxm.

616. ASCIDIANS, Simple and Compound,

xxm. 609. ASCLEPIADES of Prusa, Greek physician,

n. 679; xv. 802. ASCLEPIADS, descendants of ^Esculapius,

II. 511; xv. 800. ASCLEPIUS, Greek god of medicine

(the Roman .<Esculapius), xv. 799;

worship of, at Pergamum, xvm. 527. ASCOLI, town, Italy, II. 679. , Girolamo de (Pope Nicholas IV.),

XVII. 484. ASCOMYCETES, order of Fungi, ix. 833;

xiv. 552, 556; xxiv. 127; reproduc tion of, xx. 426.

ASCON, type of sponges, xxn. 413. ASCONIUS PEDIANUS, Quintus, Roman

writer, II. 679. ASCOPODARIA, genus of Polyzoa, xix.

438.

ASCOT RACES, England, xn. 202. ASCUE, Anne, English martyr, II. 713. ASCULUM PlCENUM (Ascoli), ancient

Roman city, n. 679. ASCUTNEY, mountain, Vermont, U.S.A.,

xxm. 792. ASELLI, or Asellius, Gasparo, Italian

physician, II. 679; I. 811. ASELLUS, genus of Crustacea, vi. 646. ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION, in animals,

xx. 407; vegetable, xx. 424. ASGAR, plateau, Sahara, Africa, xxi.

149.

ASGARD, in Norse mythology, II. 679. ASGILL, John, English writer, n. 680. ASH, tree, n. 680, 317; weeping, n. 320;

in United States, XXIII. 808; strength

of wood, xxn. 603.

, product of combustion, VI. 47 ;

xix. 49; volcanic, x. 242. ASHA, Arabic poet, xvi. 537. ASHANTEE, country, West Africa, 1 1.

68 1 ; I. 269; forests of, IX. 408. ASHARISM, philosophic theology of Islam,

xvi. 593.

ASHBURTON, town, England, II. 682. , Lord, English lawyer, vii. 544.

ASHBY CASTLE, Northampton, England,

xvn. 557. ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, town, England,

II. 682. ASHDOD (Azotus), town, Palestine, ill.

172; xviii. 755; language of, xxi.

645. ASHE (Asche), Rabbi, editor of Talmud,

n. 679; xx. 190; xxm. 37. A-SHE-HOH (Ajeho), town, Manchuria,

I. 433; xv. 466.

ASHER, Rabbenu (Rosh), German rabbi,

xx. 852. ASHERA, or Asherah ("grove"), Canaan-

itish goddess or symbol, in. 175; xvin.

803.

ASHFORD, town, England, II. 682. ASHIK PASHA, Ottoman poet, xxm.

656. ASHKENAZIM, division of the Jews, xm.

683.

ASHLAR, in building, n. 460; iv. 471. ASHLEY, Lord (first earl of Shaftesbury),

xxi. 728.

ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, Oxford, XVIII.

95-

ASHREF, town, Persia, vm. 543.

ASHTARKHANIDES, dynasty, Bokhara, iv. 3.

ASHTAROTH, plural of Ashtoreth, ill. 176.

ASHTON, John, English Lollard, xiv. 811.

ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, town, England, n. 682.

ASHTORETH, or Astarte (q.v.), Phoenician goddess, II. 735; in. 176; xvin. 756; festival of, at Aphaca, xix. 91.

ASHWANIPI, river, Labrador, XIV. 175.

ASH-WEDNESDAY, n. 680.

ASIA, II. 683 (index, 702); coalfields of, vi. 58; distribution of fauna of, vn. 269, 271; distribution of flora, vn. 287; forests, IX. 404; gold, X. 743; languages, XVIII. 779; dictionaries of languages, vn. 192; in Ptolemy s geo graphy, xx. 95.

, Central, explorations in, x. 194;

xxm. 338.

MINOR, II. 703 (index, 713), 656;

coins of, XVII. 644; conquest of, by Alexander, I. 481 ; effects of Mace donian conquest on, xv. 143; under the Seljuks, xxi. 636; modern Turkish provinces of, xxm. 653.

ASIATIC TURKEY, xxm. 653.

ASID^EANS (Assideans), Jewish party, II. 729; XIII. 421, 422.

AsiDO (Jerez or Medina Sidonia), ancient Roman town, Spain, xin. 629; xv. 819.

ASIENTO, clause in treaty of Utrecht (1713), xxm. 734.

D AMBATO, town, Ecuador, i. 659.

Asio, genus of birds, xvin. 90. AsiOOT (Siut, Asyoot), town, Upper

Egypt, xxn. 103; vii. 775. ASISIUM (Assisi), ancient town, Italy,

II. 729. ASKABAD, town, Transcaspian Region,

Russia, xvi. 42; xxm. 512. ASKELON (Ascalou), town of the

Philistines, n. 676; xviii. 755. ASKEW, Anne, English martyr, n. 713. ASKI SHAHR (Kashgar), town, East

Turkestan, XIV. 7; xxm. 639. ASMAI, or Asmayi, Arabic writer, n. 713. ASMODEUS, evil demon, in Jewish